Question SSD shows in disk management but not BIOS

[Wes Barlow]

I'm trying to install a new SSD into an old ACER laptop, which has a 1TB HDD in it at the moment, and in BIOS the only thing that shows up is the HDD, but when I log in, I can format it, which I did, and it shows up in file explorer, but still won't show up in BIOS so I can't set it as the boot drive. When I remove the HDD it tells me that there is no bootable drive.

 

[USAFRet]

I'm trying to install a new SSD into an old ACER laptop, which has a 1TB HDD in it at the moment, and in BIOS the only thing that shows up is the HDD, but when I log in, I can format it, which I did, and it shows up in file explorer, but still won't show up in BIOS so I can't set it as the boot drive. When I remove the HDD it tells me that there is no bootable drive.

It won't be seen as a boot drive until you install an OS on it.

 

[Wes Barlow]

It won't be seen as a boot drive until you install an OS on it.

thanks

 

[RustyKayaker]

I'm in a similar situation and need to upgrade the SSD because it ran out of room. I have a Dell G7 7790 laptop with a 128 GB Toshiba SSD (M.2 2230) and a 1 TB Western Digital (WDC) HDD. There's been literally nothing on the HDD. According to Windows Disk Management, the SSD has the OS on it in Partition 2. But when I look at the BIOS, Boot Sequence it shows "Windows Boot Manager" then "UEFI: WDC [its model], Partition 2. This is extremely confusing. For one, there is no Partition 2 on the HDD according to Windows Disk Management. When I check on other sources to boot from, the SSD is not listed. I do note that SATA Operation is set to RAID instead of AHCI (Factory default). And if I want to switch to AHCI, there are danger messages. I have looked into that; and it can be disaster, but if one uses SafeBoot mode they can be successful. Do you recommend that I go through that process - that perhaps the SSD will show in BIOS? It seems to be worth it to me so that I can see the new SSD - 1 TB Sabrent Rocket 4 to make sure it is to be booted from. I intend to clone from the existing SSD to the new SSD.

 

[USAFRet]

I'm in a similar situation and need to upgrade the SSD because it ran out of room. I have a Dell G7 7790 laptop with a 128 GB Toshiba SSD (M.2 2230) and a 1 TB Western Digital (WDC) HDD. There's been literally nothing on the HDD. According to Windows Disk Management, the SSD has the OS on it in Partition 2. But when I look at the BIOS, Boot Sequence it shows "Windows Boot Manager" then "UEFI: WDC [its model], Partition 2. This is extremely confusing. For one, there is no Partition 2 on the HDD according to Windows Disk Management. When I check on other sources to boot from, the SSD is not listed. I do note that SATA Operation is set to RAID instead of AHCI (Factory default). And if I want to switch to AHCI, there are danger messages. I have looked into that; and it can be disaster, but if one uses SafeBoot mode they can be successful. Do you recommend that I go through that process - that perhaps the SSD will show in BIOS? It seems to be worth it to me so that I can see the new SSD - 1 TB Sabrent Rocket 4 to make sure it is to be booted from. I intend to clone from the existing SSD to the new SSD.

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